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Google Maps of recent Ebola and MERS Outbreaks

April 2, 2014

We’ve shown you many of the great stories from George at MyReadingMapped over the past year or so. He creates excellent maps to help explain global issues.

His latest is regarding the recent news about the Ebola Outbreak in Guinea and Sierra Leone, and all the 2013-2014 activity in regard to MERS. He has a great Google Map of the spread of Ebola outbreaks from 1976-2014 and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) Outbreaks.

ebola map

For more, he also has maps on Severe Ache Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Mad Cow Disease and the U.S. Meningitis Outbreak of 2012.

Great work, George!

Filed Under: Science Tagged With: ebola, mers, myreadingmapped

Overlays of affected areas from Oso landslide

March 31, 2014

Last week we showed you some imagery from the landslide in Oso, Washington and this week we’re back with a few overlays from James Baker that help explain things a bit more.

oso landslide overlay

James has created two overlays; one that shows the outline of the extent of the previous landslide, and one that shows the source of the recent slide and run-out areas.

• KMZ of pre-slide area
• KMZ of post-slide area

In addition, he’s created a simple KMZ file that shows the Devils Mountain fault running directly through the affected area. You can download that KMZ here, and see a screenshot of it below.

devils mountain fault

Great work, James!

Filed Under: Environment, Science Tagged With: james baker, landslide, oso

The building of the Siam-Burma Railway

March 20, 2014

Frank McVey recently shared the fascinating story of the Siam-Burma Railway over in the Google Earth Community. The railway was built during World War II, as an effort to help connect the railway systems of Singapore, Malaya, Siam and Burma.

siam-burma railway

Frank’s full post goes into great detail about the railway, including a variety of maps and images related to the planning, construction and use of it:

In the end, the railway was built in 16 months – between June 1942 and October 1943 – by virtually-unaided human muscle power and became perhaps the greatest engineering feat of the Second World War. However, the fears of the earlier British surveyors were realised; through accident, disease, malnutrition, over-work, incompetent logistics, theft of Red Cross supplies by the Japanese guards, criminal neglect and extreme brutality by the Japanese guards and engineers and their even more brutal Korean overseers, some 16,000 POWs and 120,000 native labourers died in its construction: they say that a man died for every sleeper (cross-tie) laid. Thousands of those who survived returned home as ruined men; many of them suffered life-long mental and physical incapacitation. Some of them – now very old men – are still suffering.

In addition, he’s constructed a detailed KMZ file that shows the path of the railway in Google Earth. Be sure to check out his full post to see everything that he put into it.

Great work, Frank!

Filed Under: Science Tagged With: frank mcvey, google earth community, railway, world war 2

Viewing the GEBCO Global Ocean Map in Google Earth

March 13, 2014

The bathymetry in Google Earth (the topography of the ocean floor) is something that has been gradually improving for years. Not counting the 3D ocean released in 2009, the bathymetry imagery has been improved a few times as well including an upgrade in 2009, and then again in 2012.

While the Google Earth bathymetry is quite solid, there are other sources that do an excellent job of presenting it as well. One of the best is GEBCO (General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans), who just released the third version of their map in a variety of formats.

gebco bathymetry

They offer massive PDF and GeoTIFF downloads of the map on their world map page, but they also offer it in a few formats that are preferable to people like us — Google Maps and a great downloadable KML file.

For more check out the full details and information on their website.

(via +Jenifer Austin)

Filed Under: Sailing, Science Tagged With: bathymetry, gebco, google ocean

28 years makes a river look like a snake

March 11, 2014

Google’s “Earth Engine”, which we first told you about back in 2010, can allow for some pretty amazing visualizations. One of the neatest that I’ve seen is this simple visualization of the path of this river between 1984 and 2012 as it appears to move like a snake:

river moving

You can learn more about this animation by viewing the full page for it on the Google Earth Engine site. You can also explore the Earth Engine gallery to find many other amazing animations from around the world.

(via +Chris Hadfield)

Filed Under: Environment, Science Tagged With: animation, chris hadfield, earth engine, river

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